Cargomatic, provider of an app connecting shippers with small-fleet trucking companies, has devised an operating system aimed at alleviating congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as points beyond.
Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo, director of health systems strengthening with John Snow Inc., and Walter Proper, JSI's director of public health task order, relate the story of how a vendor-managed inventory (VMI) system improved Zimbabwean citizens' access to critical healthcare. A finalist in the SupplyChainBrain/CSCMP Supply Chain Innovation Award for 2014.
If we're to believe the big container lines, ever-larger ships are the remedy for their financial woes. Why, then, are so many of them still losing money?
Is it feasible to scan every one of the 15 million containers that enter U.S. ports each year? With a new technology, the long-term answer might well be yes.
Janam Technologies LLC, a provider of rugged mobile computers for scanning barcodes and communicating wirelessly, has entered into a partnership with T-Mobile distributor One Shop Witness.
enVista, the supply-chain consulting and information-technology services firm, is partnering with Modality Solutions, which integrates cold-chain management systems for highly regulated industries.